Ancestral people of Chaco Canyon likely grew their own food in a harsh environment

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Ancestral people of Chaco Canyon likely grew their own food in a harsh environment
Wed, Jul 4, 2018 

University of Cincinnati researchers found the soils in New Mexico could support agriculture, suggesting the people who lived there 1,000 years ago were self-sufficient.

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI—Researchers think they have a better understanding for how ancient North Americans thrived for centuries in northwestern New Mexico’s arid desert.

A multidisciplinary team of experts from the University of Cincinnati determined that the sandy soils of Chaco Canyon were not too salty to grow crops such as maize, beans and squash for the more than 1,200 people who occupied this beautiful but harsh landscape during its most prolific years.

Researchers have long debated whether the people who lived here between 800 and 1300 AD were self-sufficient or relied partially or entirely on imported food to survive. These ancestral Puebloans built elaborate adobe structures, some of them four stories tall and recessed among cliff faces under the hot New Mexico sun.

https://popular-archaeology.com/article/ancestral-people-of-chaco-canyon-likely-grew-their-own-food-in-a-harsh-environment/

[truth_seeker]

Sources close to the study team, often wondered how the people of Chaco Canyon dealt with members of their community, that bitched about "Equity" "microagressions," and "triggers?"

There researchers discovered such losers, were sent on days-long treks for water and buried tubers.

If they returned emptyhanded they were staked out in safe spaces to chant to their gods, about the lack of fairness.

*BTW aqueducts built in ancient Italy remain in use from well before this Chaco timeframe. Likewise water systems from ancient Persia predate this era.

Considering their civilizations throughout the America, why couldn't ancient native Americans manage water, too?

Do modern Eurocentric researchers hold "low expectations," for others not like themselves?